PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PRACTICE DRILLS Part 10

 

1.    In what way can teachers uphold the highest possible standards of the teaching profession?

a.    By pointing out the advantages of joining the teaching profession

b.    By good grooming to change people‘s perception of teacher

c. By continuously improving themselves personally and professionally

d.    None of the above

 

2.    To reach out to clientele who cannot be in the classroom for one reason or another, which of the following was established?

a.    Special education (SPED)

b.    Informal education

c.    Alternative learning delivery system

d.    Pre-school education

 

3.    In the context of multiple intelligences, which one is the weakness of the paper- pencil test?

 

a.    It put non-linguistically intelligent pupils at a disadvantage

b.    It requires paper and printing and is so expensive

c.    It utilizes so much time

d.    It lacks reliability

 

4.    Out of 3 distracters in a multiple choice test item, namely X, Y and Z, no pupil chose Z as an answer. This implies that Z is     .

a.    An effective distracter

b.    A plausible distracter

c.    A vague distracter

d.    An ineffective distracter

 

5.    The Thematic Appreciation Test is an example of a (an) .

 

a.    Self-report technique

b.    Projective technique

c.    Interest inventory

d.    Socio-metric technique

 

6.    The following are features of the Restructure Basic Education Curriculum, except:

 

a.    Increased time for tasks to gain mastery of competencies

b.    Interdisciplinary modes of teaching

c.    Greater emphasis on content, less on the learning process

d.    Stronger integration of competencies and values, across the learning area

 

 

7.    The free public elementary and secondary education in the country is in the line with the government effort to address educational problems of_____.

 

a.    access and equity

b.    relevance and quality

c.    effectiveness and efficiency

d.    productivity

 

8.    The task of setting up routine activities for effective classroom management as a task that a teacher should undertake .

 

a.    on the very first day of school

b.    every day at the start of the session

c.    every homeroom day

d.    as soon as the students have adjusted on their schedule

 

9.    Teacher Honey uses direct instruction strategy. Which will she first do?

 

a.    Independent practice

b.    Guided student practice

c.    Review the previous day‘s work

d.    Presenting and structuring

10.  Teacher Janice observes cleanliness and order in her classroom to create a conductive atmosphere for learning. On which theory is her practice based?

 

a.    Behaviorism

b.    Psychoanalysis

c.    Gestalt psychology

d.    Humanistic psychology

 

11.  Which activity is meant for kinesthetically intelligent pupils?

 

a.    Independent study

b.    Individualized study

c.    Pantomime

d.    Cooperative learning

 

12.  With which will the existentialist agree? The school is a place where individuals _______.

 

a.    Listen and accept what the teacher say

b.    Can meet to pursue dialogue and discussion about their lives and choices

c.    Can observe by using their senses to the maximum

d.    Can reflect on ideas

 

13.  Which will be the most authentic assessment tool for an instructional objective on working with and relating to people?

 

a.    Writing articles on working and relating to people

b.    Organizing a community project

c.    Home visitation

d.    Conducting mock election

 

14.  Which physical arrangement of chairs contributes to effective classroom management?

 

a.    Sticks to the traditional chair arrangement in the classroom

b.    Distinguishes teacher from students

c.    Makes it easier to clean the room

d.    Enhances classroom interaction

 

15.  Each teacher said to be a trustee of cultural and educational heritage of the nation and under obligation to transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice makes him fulfill such obligation?

 

a.    Use of the latest instructional technology

b.    Study of the life of Filipino heroes

c.    Use of interactive teaching strategies

d.    Observing continuing professional education

 

16.  Under which type of guidance service does the concern of schools to put students into their most appropriate courses fall?

 

a.    Individual inventory service

b.    Research service

c.    Placement service

d.    Information service

 

17.  Conducting follow up studies of graduates and drop out is a guidance service that falls under:

 

a.    Placement services

b.    Research service

c.    Individual inventory services

d.    Counseling service

 

18.  Under which assumption is portfolio assessment based?

 

a.    Assessment should stress the reproduction of knowledge

b.    An individual learner is adequately characterized by a test score

c.    An individual learner is inadequately characterized by a test score

d.    Portfolio assessment is dynamic assessment

 

19.  Which program was adopted to provide universal access to basic education to eradicate illiteracy?

 

a.    Values educational framework

b.    Education for all

c.    Paaralan sa bawat barangay

d.    Science and Education Development Plan

 

20.  Which schools are subject to supervision, regulation and control by the state?

 

a.    Public, Private sectarian and Non-sectarian

b.    Sectarian and non-sectarian school

c.    Private school

d.    Public schools

 

21.  Here is a score distribution: 98, 93, 93, 93, 90, 88, 87, 85, 85, 85, 70, 51, 34, 34, 34, 20, 18, 15, 12, 9, 8, 6, 3, 1. what is the characteristic of the score distribution?

 

a.    Bimodal

b.    Trimodal

c.    Skewed to the right

d.    No discernible pattern

 

22.  What do the school campus expression ―promdi and barriotic indicate?

 

a.    The powerlessness of the poor

b.    The power of the rich

c.    Low literacy rate of the country

d.    The prevalence of ethnocentrism

 

23.  Why is babyhood referred to as a ―critical period in personally development? Because _______.

 

a.    The foundation is laid upon in which the adult personally structure will be built

b.    The baby is exposed to many physical and psychological hazards

c.    The brain grows and develops as such accelerated rate during babyhood

d.    Changes in the personality pattern take place

 

24.  Billy, a grade 1 pupil is asked, Why do you pray every day? Billy answer. Mommy said so. Based on Kohlbergs theory, in which moral development stage is Billy?

 

a.    Pre-Conventional level

b.    Conventional level

c.    Between conventional and post conventional levels

d.    Post-Conventional level

 

25.  If you plan to develop a lesson on using s-verb with the third person singular as subject deductively, what is the first step in your lesson development outline?

 

a.    Give sentences using s-verb form

b.    Ask the students about s-verb form and third person singular as subject

c.    State the rule on subject-verb agreement for third person as subject

 d.   Conduct appropriate sentence drill

 

26.  For lesson clarity and effective retention, which one should a teacher observes, according to Bruner‘s theory?

 

a.    Start at the concrete level and end there

b.    Begin teaching at the concrete level but go beyond it by reaching the abstract

c.    End teaching with verbal symbol

d.    Use purely verbal symbols in teaching

 

27.  The criterion of success in Teacher Edna‘s objective is that the pupils must be able to spell 90% of the words correctly. Linda and other 24 students in the class spelled only 40 out of 50 words correctly while the rest scored 45 and above. This means that Teacher Edna ______.

 

a.    Did not attain her lesson objective because of the pupil‘s lack of attention

b.    Attained her lesson objective because of the pupil‘s lack of attention

c.    Attained her lesson objective

d.    Failed to attain her lesson objective as far as the 25 pupils are concerned

 

28.  Which is true when standard deviation is big?

a.    Scores are concentrated

b.    Scores are not extremes

c.    Scores are spread apart

d.    The bell curve shape is steep

 

29.  Theft of school equipment like TV, computer, etc. by teenagers in the community itself is becoming a common phenomenon. What does this incident signify?

 

a.    Deprivation of Filipino schools

b.    Inability of school to hire security guards

c.    Prevalence of poverty in the community

d.    Community‘s lack of sense of co-ownership

 

30.  What does extreme authoritarianism in the home reinforce in learners?

 

a.    Creativity in work

b.    Ability to direct themselves

c.    Doing things on their own initiative

d.    Dependence on others for direction

 

31.  The main purpose of compulsory study of the constitution is to____.

 

a.    Make constitutional experts of the students

b.    Develop students into responsible, thinking citizens

c.    Prepare students for law-making

d.    Acquaint students with the historical development of the Philippine Constitution

 

32.  Studies in the areas of neurosciences disclosed that the human brain has limitless capacity. What does this imply?

 

a.    Every child is a potential genius

b.    Pupils can possibly reach a point where they have learned everything

c.    Some pupils are admitted not capable of learning

d.    Every pupil has his its own native ability and his learning is limited to this native ability

 

33.  The principle of individual differences requires teachers to _______.

a.    Treat all learners alike while in the classroom

b.    Prepare modules for slow learners in class

c.    Give greater attention to gifted learners

d.    Provide for a variety of learning activities

 

34.  Which assumption underlines the teacher‘s use of performance objectives?

 

a.    Performance objectives assure the learner of learning

b.    Learning is defined as a change in the learner‘s observable performance

c.    The success of learners is based on teacher performance

d.    Not every form of learning is observable

 

35.  Which is/are sign/s of the student with Attention Deficit Disorder?

 

a.    Impatient while waiting for his/her turn during games

b.    Completes work before shifting to another

c.    Excessively quiet

d.    Cares for his/her personal things

 

36.  You observe that pupils answer even when not called, shouts MA‘AM to get your attention, and laugh when someone commits mistakes. What should you do?

 

a.    Send the misbehaving pupils to the guidance counselor

b.    Set the rules for the class to observe

c.    Involve the whole class in setting rules of conduct for the whole class

d.    Make a report to the parents about their children‘s misbehavior

 

37.  Which seating arrangement has been proven to be effective for learning?

 

a.    Flexible to suit varied activities

b.    Fixed arrangement to maximize instructional time

c.    Any seat arrangement to suit varied learning styles

d.    A combination of fixed and flexible arrangement

 

38.  Which can run counter to the encouragement you give to your students to ask questions?

 

a.    Eye to eye contact

b.    An encouraging hand gesture

c.    Radiant face

d.    Knitted eyebrows when a question is raised

 

39.  Teacher Lenny demonstrated to the class how to focus the microscope, after which the students were asked to practice. Which teacher prompting is least intrusive? Teacher Lenny_____.

 

a.    Held the hand of a student and with her hand holding the student‘s hand adjusted the mirror

b.    Pointed to the mirror and made an adjusting gesture with her hand

c.    Adjusted the mirror

d.    Reminded the class to first adjust the mirror

 

40.  Which educational trend is occurring in all modern societies as a result of knowledge explosion and rapid social, technological and economic changes?

 

a.    Nuclear education

b.    International education

c.    Lifelong learning

d.    Team teaching

 

41.  With the advent of multi-media resources and computers, which is the most favorable result of the optimal use of educational media technology?

 

a.    Interactive learning

b.    Increase learning

c.    Speed learning

d.    More interesting learning

 

 

 

 

42.  Which refers to the Filipino trait of practicing conflicting values in different venues and with different social groups?

 

a.    Kanya-kanya mentality

b.    Procrastination

c.    Existential intelligence

d.    Crab mentality

 

43.  Which of these can measure awareness of values?

 

a.    Projective techniques

b.    Rating scales

c.    Moral dilemmas

d.    Sociogram

 

44.  Which test determines whether students accept responsibility for their own behavior or pass on responsibility for their own behavior to other people?

 

a.    Locus-of-control tests

b.    Sentence-completion tests

c.    Thematic tests

d.    Stylistic tests

 

45.  Which process enhances the comparability of grades?

 

a.    Giving more Higher Order thinking skills

b.    Constructing departmentalized exam for each subject area

c.    Determining the level of difficulty of the test

d.    Using a table of specification

 

46.  Under which type of guidance service does the concern of school to put students into their most appropriate courses fall?

 

a.    Information service

b.    Placement service

c.    Individual inventory services

d.    Research services

 

47.  The teacher‘s role in the classroom according to cognitive psychologist is to ______.

 

a.    Make the learning task easy for the learner

b.    Dictate what to learn upon the learner

c.    Fill the minds of the learner with information

d.    Help the learner connect what they know with new information from the teacher

48.  Which questioning technique would be appropriate for inductive lessons?

 

a.    Involve students actively in the questioning process

b.    Expect participation only among the more motivated students

c.    Use questions requiring only memory responses

d.    As a teacher, you ask no questions

 

49.  Which statement is true in a bell-shaped curve?

 

a.    There are more high scores than low scores

b.    Most scores are high

c.    The scores are normally distributed

d.    The bell curve shape is steep.

50.  Can an insane person be blamed for killing a stranger?

 

a.    Yes, because an insane person possesses a little degree of voluntariness

b.    Yes, because an insane person is not totally ignorant

c.    No, because of his ignorance and lack of voluntariness

d.    No, because the one killed is a stranger, not in any way related to him

 

51.  A political boss builds a school in a distant barrio in order to get the votes for an unworthy and corrupt candidate. Is the action of the political boss moral?

 

a.    No, the candidate is undeserving

b.    No, his move was not meant for good effect

c.    Yes, the votes were exchange for the school built

d.    Yes, it was his duty to strategies for his candidate to win

52.  The teacher‘s first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the:

 

a.    Choice of the teacher

b.    Availability of the media

c.    Technique to be used

d.    Choice of the students

 

53.  Which is the true foundation of the social order?

 

a.    Strong political leadership

b.    The reciprocation of rights and duties

c.    Equitable distribution of wealth

d.    Obedient citizen

 

54.  All the examinees obtained scores below the mean. A graphic representation of the score distribution will be:

 

a.    Perfect normal curve

b.    Negatively skewed

c.    Positively skewed

d.    Leptokurtic

 

55.  In a normal distribution curve, a T-score of 70 is:

 

a.    Two SDs above the mean

b.    Two SDs below the mean

c.     One SD below the mean

d.    One SD above the mean

 

56.  Which one stifles student‘s initiative?

a.    Bahala na

b.    Utang na loob

c.    Rationalism

d.    Extreme authoritarianism

 

57.  The following are trends in marking and reporting system, except:

 

a.    Supplementing subject grades with checklist on traits

b.    Conducting parent-teacher conferences as often as needed

c.    Raising the passing grade from 70 to 80

d.    Indicating strong points as well as those needing improvement

 

58.  Which is a type of graph in which lines represent each score or set of scores?

 

a.    Histogram

b.    Scatter gram

c.    Scatter plot

d.    Frequency polygon

 

59.  Which is an example of a perfect duty?

 

a.    Paying the worker the wages agreed upon

b.    Donating an amount for a noble project

c.    Giving alms to the needy

d.    Supporting a poor but deserving student to school

 

60.  In what way can instructional aides enhance learning?

 

a.    Entertain student

b.    Hold students in the classroom

c.    Reinforce learning

d.    Take the place of the teacher

 

61.  The study on types of reading exercises gives practice in:

 

a.    All sorts of study methods

b.    Reading skills needed in other project

c.    Recognizing the precise meaning of words

d.    Picking out the man ideas

 

62.  How students learn may be more important than what they learn. From this principle, which of the following is particularly important?

 

a.    Knowing how to solve a problem

b.    Solving a problem within time allotted

c.    Getting the right answer to a word problem

d.    Determining the given

 

63.  Which illustrates vicarious punishment?

 

a. We feel so bad to a classmate who is punished for being tardy so we convince him go to school on time

b. Out of comparison, we volunteer to get punished in place of a friend

c. We charge to experience our being punished

d. See someone get punished for habitual tardiness. In effect, we are less likely to be tardy

 

64.  Teacher Marissa wants to review and check on the lesson of the previous day? Which one will be most reliable?

 

a.    Having students correct each other‘s work

b.    Having students identify difficult homework problems

c.    Explicitly reviewing the task relevant information for the day‘s lesson

d.    Sampling the understanding of a few students

 

65.  To promote effective practice, which guideline should you bear in mind? Practice should be______.

 

a.    Difficult for students to learn a lesson

b.    Arranged to allow students to receive feedback

c.    Done in an evaluative atmosphere

d.    Take place over a long period of time

 

66.  Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early childhood years?

 

a.    Separates reality from fantasy

b.    Develops the upper and lower limbs

c.    Develop competitive spirit

d.    Increase imagination due to expanding knowledge and emotional range

 

67.  For which may you use the direct instruction method?

 

a.    Use a microscope properly

b.    Distinguish war from aggression

c.    Appreciate Milton‘s Paradise Lost

d.    Become aware of the pollutants around us

 

68.  By what name is indirect instruction or Socratic methods also known?

 

a.    Questioning method

b.    Morrison method

c.    Indirect method

d.    Mastery learning

 

69.  Which does not belong to the group of alternative learning systems?

 

a.    Multi-age grouping

b.    Multi-grade grouping

c.    Non-graded grouping

d.    Graded education

 

70.  Student Ben was asked to report to the Guidance Office. Student Ben and his classmates at once remarked.

What‘s wrong? What does this imply?

 

a.    Reporting to a Guidance Office is often associated with misbehavior

b.    Student Ben is a problem student

c.    Guidance counselors are perceived to be ―almighty and omniscient

d.    The parents of Students Ben must be of the delinquent type

 

71.  A teacher combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single concept for interdisciplinary teaching. Which strategy/method did he use?

 

a.    Unit method

b.    Thematic instruction

c.    Problem entered learning

d.    Reading-writing method

 

72.  Which is a major advantage of curriculum-based assessment?

 

a.    It tends to focus on anecdotal information on student‘s progress

b.    It is based on a norm referenced measurement model

c.    It is informal in nature

d.    It connects testing with teaching

 

73.  A school Division Superintendent was enthusiastically lecturing on the Accreditation Program for Public Elementary Schools (APPES), its benefits and demands. Thinking of its many demands, most of the school heads were not very happy about it and the older one were whispering ―we have very reason to retire soon.

What does this tell about the change process?

 

a. People resist change for no reason

b. People tend to resist change

c. Resistance to change is insurmountable

d. Leadership can affect the desired change in persons despite opposition from the persons themselves.

 

74.  I want to engage my students in small group discussion. Which topic lends itself to a lively discussion?

a.    The meaning of the law of supply and demand

b.    Rules on subject-verb agreement

c.     The law of inertia

d.    The exclusion of Pluto as a planet

 

75.  In which of the following would programmed learning to be most likely to be found?

 

a.    In a class divided into small groups

b.    Independent study

c. In dyadic groups

d. In a class where teacher tries to individualized instruction

 

76.  A master teacher, the resource speaker in an in-service training, presented the situated learning theory and encouraged her colleagues to apply the same in class. Which did she not encourage her colleagues to do?

 

a.    Apprenticeship

b.    Learning as it normally occurs

c.    Authentic problem solving

d.    Decontextualized teaching

 

77.  Which is the ultimate aim of classroom management?

 

a.    To set up condition that brings about effective teaching and learning

b.    To secure conformity to rules with ease

c.    To make children realize that they cannot do everything they want

d. To remove the physical condition in the room

 

78.  Under which teaching strategy does a School‘s division practice of assigning a Girl Scout to serve as Superintendent of the Day or Mayor of the Day for leadership training fall?

a.    Panel discussion

b.    Symposium

c.    Simulation

d.    Dramatization

 

79.  The grades make valid indicators of students‘ achievements. Which process should be observed?

 

a.    Explaining the meaning of marks and grades

b.    Defining the course objective as intended learning outcomes

c.    Adopting letter grades such as A, B, C and D

d.    Giving objective type of tests

 

80.  Who are not covered by the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers?

 

a.    All full time or part time public and private school teacher and administrator

b.    Teachers of academic, vocational, special, technical or non-formal institution

c.    Teacher in the tertiary level

d.    Teacher in all educational institutions at all levels

 

81.  Which of the UNESCO‘s four pillars of education is most related to peace education?

a.    Learning to do

b.    Learning to know

c.    Learning to live

d.    Learning to be

 

82.  The failure of independent study with most Filipino students may be attributed to students‘    _.

a.    high degree of independence

b.    ambiance

c.    unpreparedness for schooling

d.    high degree of dependence on authority

 

83.  Where do you make the correction of your notes while using the overhead projector?

 

a.    On the slide

b.    On the overhead projector

c.    On the projector wall

d.    On the screen

 

84.  Authority comes from God and is meant to:

 

a.    Help those given the authority to do their task

b.    Distinguish those with authority from those without

c.    Be lorded over others

d.    Make the subjects of authority recognize their superiors

 

85.  A person, who has had painful experiences at the dentist‘s office, may become fearful at the mere sight of the dentist‘s office building. Which theory can explain this?

 

a.    Classical conditioning

b.    Generalization

c.     Operant conditioning

d.    Attribution theory

 

86.  One strength of an autobiography as a technique for personality appraisal is that _____________.

 

a.    It may be read by unauthorized people

b.    It can replace data obtained from other data-gathering technique

c.    It makes possible the presentation of intimate experiences

d.    It gives complete data about the author

 

87.  All of the following describe the development of children aged eleven to thirteen, except:

 

a.    Sex differences in IQ become more evident

b.    They exhibit increased objectivity in thinking

c.    They shift from impulsivity to adaptive ability

d.    They show abstract thinking and judgment

 

88.  The environment in order to facilitate learning must be interactive. Which of the following best typifies this kind of environment?

 

a.    The child listens to a lecture on fossils given by the teacher

b.    The child goes out and discovers for himself some rock or fossil

c.    The child summarize the section on fossils in his science textbook

d.    The child copies a list of facts concerning fossils on the blackboard

 

89.  Social development means the acquisition of the ability to behave in accordance with:

 

a.    Stereotyped behavior

b.    Social expectation

c.    Social insight

d.    Universal norms

 

90.  When an adolescent combines ability to use deductive and inductive reasoning in constructing realistic rules that he can respect and live by, how does he perceive his environment?

 

a.    He views the world from his own perspective

b.    He sees the world and himself through the eyes of other people

c.    He interprets events form a limited views

d.    He sees events apart from himself and other people

 

91.  The authoritarian setting in the Filipino home is reinforced by a classroom teacher who:

a.    Is open to suggestions

b.    Encourage pupils to ask questions

c.    Prescribes what pupils should do

d.    Ask open ended questions

 

92.  The Constitutional provision on language has the following aim, except:

a.    To make Filipino the sole medium of instruction

b.    To make the regional dialect as auxiliary media of instructions in regional school

c.    To maintain English as a second language

d.    To make Filipino the national Language and medium of instruction and communication

 

93.  The tendency to emphasize so much on school beautification to the detriment of pupils‘ performance illustrates the:

 

a.    Filipino‘s lack of seriousness

b.    Filipino‘s love for ―porma

c.    Filipino‘s lack of reflection

d.    Filipino‘s sense of humor

 

94.  In order to avoid disgrace, a pregnant, unmarried woman takes drugs to induce abortion. Is she morally justified to do that?

 

a.    Yes, it can save her and child from disgrace when he grows up

b.    No, the act of inducing abortion is bad in itself

c.    No, the unborn child cannot be made to suffer the consequences of the sins of his parents

d.    No, it is better to prevent the child from coming into the world who will suffer very much due to the absence of a father

 

95.  In which way does heredity affect the development of the learner?

 

a.    By placing limits beyond which the learner cannot develop

b.    By providing equal potential to all

c.    By compensating for what environment fails to develop

d.    By blocking the influence of environment

 

96.  A child refuse to obey orders or displays negativism as a development trait. How may you best handle him?

 

a.    Detain him after office hours for him do to what he has been ordered to do

b.    Take every opportunity to praise him for every positive attitude display

c.    Insist on compliance to the same degree required of pupils

d.    Avoid giving him orders if you do and he objects take back the order

 

97.  If a resilient child with superior intelligence is reared in a poor environment the probable outcome would be:

 

a.    No change in IQ because environment deprivation has nothing to do with intelligence

b.    Mental retardation since he is culturally deprived

c.    Slight change in IQ although he can overcome frustration and obstacle

d.    Great change in IQ because he is culturally deprived

 

98.  Section 5, Article XIV, of the Constitution states that academic freedom shall be enjoyed in:

 

a.    Public assemblies

b.    All institution of higher learning

c.    State colleges and universities

d.    All levels of learning

 

99.  A teacher who subscribes to the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience should follow learning in her teaching, she therefore exerts effort in:

 

a.    Encouraging learners to memorize factual knowledge

b.    Providing learners opportunities to apply theories and principles

c.    Equipping learners with the basic abilities and skills

d.    Requiring learners full mastery of the lesson

 

100. As a parent and at the same time a teacher, which of the following will you do to show your cooperation to a PTA project in your school to be financed with the proceeds of the sales of the school canteen where food prices are little bit higher?

 

a.    Bring food for you and your children, but always make it a point to buy in the school canteen

b.    Buy all your food in the school canteen but request for a discount

c.    Bring food enough for you and your children but do not eat in the canteen

d.    Buy all your food from the school canteen even if you cannot afford to do every day



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